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Firing Up Your Computer: Bare-Boned Basics | |
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Setting It Up and Turning It On | |
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Finding a Comfortable Home for Your Computer | |
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Unpacking Your New Toys | |
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Making the Right Connections | |
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Bringing the Beast to Life | |
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Installing the Software That Runs Your Hardware | |
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Now What? | |
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Shutting It Down or Leaving It On? | |
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Meeting Windows: Up Close and Personal | |
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Windows Nickel Tour | |
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The Land Where Mouse Is King | |
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The Keyboard Is Special, Too | |
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Ordering from Menus and Dialog Boxes | |
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Rearranging the Windows Inside Windows | |
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What's on Your Computer? | |
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Trashing Files in the Recycle Bin | |
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Help Is on Its Way | |
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Launching Your First Program | |
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Picking a Program from the Start Menu | |
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More Creative Ways to Run Programs | |
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Moving a Program to a More Convenient Location | |
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Running Programs with a Single Click | |
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Opening Documents with a Single Click | |
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Warming Up with Some Computer Games | |
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Installing and Running the Windows Games | |
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Using Your $1000 Computer As a $1 Deck of Cards | |
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Becoming a FreeCell Junkie | |
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Playing Hearts with Virtual Players | |
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Taking a Virtual Risk with Minesweeper | |
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Personalizing Your Work Space | |
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Using a Cool Desktop Background | |
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Animating Your Desktop with Themes | |
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Messing with the Screen Colors | |
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Hanging Wallpaper in the Background | |
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Controlling the Desktop Icons and Visual Effects | |
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What's This Web Tab For? | |
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Locking Your Desktop Settings | |
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Turning On an Animated Screen Saver | |
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Screen Savers Do Serve a Purpose | |
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Checking Out the Windows Screen Savers | |
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Turning a Screen Saver On and Off | |
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Using a Password for Weak Security | |
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Conserving Energy | |
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Making Your Computer Play Cool Sounds | |
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Checking Your Audio Equipment | |
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Choosing a Different Sound Scheme | |
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Assigning Specific Sounds to Events | |
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Listening to CDs While You Work | |
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Recording Your Own Audio Clips | |
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Taking Control of Your Menus and Programs | |
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Rearranging the Start Menu with Explorer | |
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Making Your Own Toolbars | |
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Automating Your Programs | |
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Giving Yourself More Room to Work | |
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Clearning Desk Space by Making Everything Smaller | |
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What About the Color Settings? | |
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Rearranging Your Desktop Icons | |
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Getting Rid of Icons You Don't Use | |
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Hiding the Taskbar | |
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Tucking Stuff into Folders | |
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Installing and Removing Programs | |
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Buying Software That Your Hardware Can Run | |
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Do You Have Enough Disk Space? | |
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Installing Your New Program | |
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Does Anyone Use Floppy Disks Anymore? | |
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Removing a Program That You Never Use | |
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Creating Letters and Greeting Cards | |
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I Just Want to Type a Letter! | |
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Making the Transition to the Electronic Page | |
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What's with the Squiggly Red and Green Lines? | |
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Inserting Today's Date | |
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Making the Text Bigger or Smaller | |
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Shoving Text Left, Right, or Center | |
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Changing the Line Spacing | |
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Inserting Space Between Paragraphs | |
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Save It or Lose It | |
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Printing Addresses on Envelopes | |
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Editing and Printing Your Letter | |
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Selecting Text | |
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Cutting and Pasting Without Scissors | |
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Oops! Undoing Changes | |
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Checking Your Spelling and Grammar | |
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Setting Your Margins and Page Layout | |
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Saving Paper: Previewing Before Printing | |
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Sending Your Letter Off to the Printer | |
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Hey, It's Not Printing! | |
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Project Time! Making Your Own Letterhead | |
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Designing Personalized Greeting Cards, Banners, and Other Publications | |
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What You Need to Get Started | |
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Starting with a Prefab Greeting Card | |
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Microsoft Publisher Survival Guide | |
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Playing with Pictures | |
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Text-in-a-Box | |
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Layering Pictures and Text Boxes | |
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Do-It-Yourself Banners | |
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Other Cool Desktop Publishing Stuff | |
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Creating an Address Book and Other Listy Stuff | |
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Tables, Spreadsheets, Databases, and Address Books | |
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Setting Up Your Own Table | |
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Typing in the Little Boxes | |
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Rearranging and Resizing Columns and Rows | |
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Sorting Your List | |
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Automating Calculations with Formulas | |
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Decorating Your Table with Lines and Shading | |
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What About Pictures? | |
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Form Letters, Mailing Labels, and Envelopes | |
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The Incredible Power of the Mail Merge Feature | |
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The Making of a Form Letter | |
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Inserting the Secret Codes | |
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Initiating the Merge Operation | |
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Printing Addresses on Mailing Labels | |
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Printing a Stack of Envelopes for Mass Mailing | |
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Getting Wired on the Internet | |
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Connecting to the Outside World with a Modem | |
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What Can I Do with My Modem? | |
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How This Modem Thing Works | |
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Modem Types: Standard, ISDN, DSL, and Cable | |
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Plugging Your Modem into the Phone Jack | |
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Dialing Out: Does It Work? | |
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Troubleshooting Your Modem Connection | |
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Finding an Information FREEway | |
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Getting a Free Trial Offer to an Online Service | |
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Signing Up for Your Membership | |
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Getting Help Online | |
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Canceling Your Membership | |
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Finding Cheaper, Better Ways to Connect to the Internet | |
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Setting Up Your Internet Connection | |
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Testing Your Internet Connection | |
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What Went Wrong: Internet Connection Troubleshooting | |
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Sending Email: Postage-Free, Same-Day Delivery | |
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Running Your Email Program for the First Time | |
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Addressing an Outgoing Message | |
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Checking Your Email Box | |
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Sending Replies | |
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Adding Photos and Other Cool Stuff | |
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Attaching Documents to Your Messages | |
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What About Hotmail and Other Free Email Services? | |
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Email Shorthand and Emoticons | |
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Email No-No's | |
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Chatting with Friends, Relatives, and Complete Strangers | |
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Hanging Out in Chat Rooms | |
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Checking Out the People Who Are Checking Out You | |
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Sending Private Messages | |
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Making Your Own Public Chat Room | |
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Chatting It Up on the Internet | |
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Chatting Privately with Friends and Relatives on the Internet | |
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What About Audio and Video? | |
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Poking Around on the Web | |
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First, You Need a Web Browser | |
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Steering Your Browser in the Right Direction | |
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A Word About Web Page Addresses | |
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Finding Stuff with Popular Search Tools | |
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Opening Multiple Browser Windows | |
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Going Back in Time with History Lists | |
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Marking Your Favorite Web Pages for Quick Return Trips | |
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Changing the Starting Web Page | |
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Can Cookies Hurt Me? | |
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Shopping, Investing, Traveling, and Other Cool Web Stuff | |
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Keeping Up with News, Weather, and Current Events | |
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Mail-Order Paradise: Shopping on the Web | |
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Becoming Your Own Stockbroker | |
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Planning Your Next Vacation | |
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For Movie Buffs Only | |
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Creating Your Own Music Library | |
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Getting Technical Support for Your Computer | |
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Publishing Your Own Web Page in 10 Minutes or Less | |
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What Makes a Web Page So Special? | |
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Forget About HTML | |
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Making a Personal Web Page Right on the Web | |
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Placing Your Business on the Web | |
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Finding Cool Stuff to Put on Your Page | |
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Managing Your Finances | |
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Putting Your Checkbook on Your Computer | |
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Choosing a Good Personal Finance Program | |
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Entering Account Information | |
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Recording Transactions | |
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Printing Checks | |
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Reconciling Your Account and Bank Statement | |
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Budgeting 101 | |
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Who Needs a Budget? | |
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Starting with a Budget Template | |
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Tweaking Your Budget | |
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Entering Income and Expenses | |
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Making Adjustments | |
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Using Your Budget to Stay on Track | |
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Keeping Track of Your Cash Flow with Reports | |
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Planning Ahead with Financial Calculators | |
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Paying Bills and Tracking Investments Online | |
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Electronic Banking 101 | |
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How Much Is This Going to Cost? | |
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Signing Up for Electronic Transactions | |
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Enabling Online Transactions for an Account | |
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Paying Your Bills Electronically | |
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Setting Up Automatic, Recurring Payments | |
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Transferring Cash Between Accounts | |
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Downloading Transaction Records and Balances | |
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Tracking the Performance of Your Investments | |
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Kids and Other Family Stuff | |
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Finding and Playing Cool Games | |
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Shopping for the Right Games | |
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Additional Equipment You May Need | |
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Running Stubborn DOS Games in Windows | |
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Getting Free Games off the Web | |
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Buying Games Online | |
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Finding Game Reviews and Tips | |
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Tapping the Power of Educational Software | |
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Researching Topics with Multimedia Encyclopedias | |
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More Books for Your Reference Library | |
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Learning to Read with Your Computer | |
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Reinforcing Math Skills | |
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Encouraging Your Child to Play with Language | |
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Learning to Play the Piano | |
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Learning a Foreign Language | |
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Bringing Out the Artist in Your Child | |
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Safely Introducing Your Child to the Internet | |
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Explaining the Rules of the Road | |
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A Little Personal Supervision Goes a Long Way | |
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Censoring the Internet | |
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Playing Games Online | |
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Visiting the White House | |
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Visiting Museums and Libraries | |
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Helping Your Child Find a Pen Pal | |
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Making a Family Photo Album | |
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Getting a Kodak Picture CD | |
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Adding Photos from Another Kodak Picture CD | |
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Enhancing and Editing Photos | |
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Typing Your Own Captions | |
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Printing Your Photos on Photo-Quality Paper | |
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Sharing Photos via Email and Disk | |
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Avoiding the Middleman with a Digital Camera | |
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Scanning Photos | |
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Creating Your Own Digital Photo Album | |
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Changing Yourself and Others with Morphing | |
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Drawing Your Family Tree | |
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Picking a Good Genealogy Program | |
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Plugging In Names, Dates, and Relationships | |
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Digging Up Your Roots with CD-ROM Databases | |
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Researching Your Family Tree Online | |
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Growing Your Family Tree | |
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Printing Your Family Tree | |
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Maintaining Your Investment | |
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Keeping Your Computer Clean | |
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Tools of the Trade | |
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Vacuuming and Dusting Your Computer | |
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WASH ME: Cleaning Your Monitor | |
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Shaking the Crumbs out of Your Keyboard | |
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Making Your Mouse Cough Up Hairballs | |
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Cleaning Your Printer (When It Needs It) | |
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What About the Disk Drives? | |
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Giving Your Computer a Tune-Up | |
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One-Stop Optimization with the Maintenance Wizard | |
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Clearing Useless Files from Your Hard Disk | |
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Checking for and Repairing Damaged Files and Folders | |
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Defragmenting Files on Your Hard Disk | |
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Making Windows Start Faster | |
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Boosting Performance with Shareware Utilities | |
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Glossary: Speak Like a Geek | |
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Index | |